Chinese veteran Li Na has scored a comeback victory over
Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova to advance into the quarter-finals of
the Qatar Open.
Li rebounded after being down in the first set to beat
fifth-seeded Hantuchova 4-6, 7-5 and 6-1.
She now moves to take on second-seeded Russian Nadia Petrova,
who has ousted Greek qualifier Eleni Daniilidou 6-1, 6-2.
In other matches, top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo has upset fellow
Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli 6-0, 6-2, while Swiss comeback queen
Martina Hingis dispatched third-seeded Italian Francesca Schiavone
6-1, 6-2.
Japanese Ai Sugiyama has outplayed fourth-seeded Russian
Anastasia Myskina 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (6-8), 6-4.
(CRI English March 2, 2006)
